I don't believe emotion (anger in this case) make people play better or harder. Unless the individual looks down on the opponent team, they do not play their best intentionally.

If we were exhausted from the west coast trip, why did Painter play Renn and Loyer the whole game and Smith the entire 2nd half. Obviously we needed to sub and he refused , someone needs to ask him why? If Smith didn’t have foul trouble he would have played 40 as well. I thought our bench was pretty good but Painter obviously didn’t think so

Colvin and Heide have been disappointing this year because Painter doesn’t allow them the freedom to make plays . He is so consumed with Smith and Renn playing their 2 man game they forget about the rest. Saw it at the end of the game last night, it was so predictable Smith with his pocket pass to Renn. It’s the only thing he does. So before getting all over Colvin and Heide let’s look at Painter and his plays

DwaynePurvis00 said:

Very good points on them hitting 4 or 5 shot clock buzzer beaters. Like you said, one of those nights and gotta move on and get ready for the twin towers that has one who is a point center.

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if we made the 5 or 6 missed bunnies it's a mute point

DwaynePurvis00 said:

Yeah don’t understand why the quick turnaround for the west coast games but now there’s a week gap between Michigan and IU? IU has a lot of days off between the game before they come to Mackey.

Scheduling is weird haha

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the whole damn thing about this scheduling and the amount of teams in the conference will be a large factor in determining the eventual champ

DwaynePurvis00 said:

I swore I had him in there! Must have deleted it but yes put him in the sophomore group

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actually you did list him in an earlier post, I was looking at your post at 7:26 pm. You were probably in a hurry to post before the 7:30 debacle.

Chi-Boiler said:

This is something I said from the get-go. The revenue sport athletes get taken care of on the road with advisors and tutors and such. And the money is there. But like you said, this is horrendous for the non-revenue sports. An absolute joke.

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it's like checking what's on BTN and you have a Rutgers - UCLA soccer game on and here's maybe 50 people in the stands

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BB62 said:

Seriously? You guys float through life accepting everything trump does is fine without question?

Read the 14th amendment to the CONSTITUTION. You know, that document you guys bring up all the time but apparently are unaware of what it says.

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I read what you posted. I must be missing what you have an issue with. What is it?

BB62 said:

"Preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the United States of America."

Unless it's something to do with immigration of course.

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I was an active duty US Army officer for 28 years. Here is the Oath of Office taken by all military members:

"I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God."

Do you understand the word "domestic"? There are some woke assclowns who have been spreading childish lies that the Constitution prohibits using US troops within the US. It does not. Think about the Civil War for a couple of seconds.

There is nothing wrong with using US soldiers to protect our southern border from illegals. In fact, how would you prefer the 82nd Airborne spend its time: guarding our southern border or hanging around Fort Bragg playing war games and drinking beer?

FiveWeight said:

Our teams don’t even have the worst situation. How much sense does it make to send Maryland’s tennis team (random example of a non-revenue generating sport) on 6-hour flights to Washington? If being a student-athlete was inconvenient before, the huge geographical gap of our current conference must be detrimental to classroom continuity.

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This is something I said from the get-go. The revenue sport athletes get taken care of on the road with advisors and tutors and such. And the money is there. But like you said, this is horrendous for the non-revenue sports. An absolute joke.

BBG said:

Or if they are going to do it, spread it out a week.. We have a week break between UM and Indinia (I think) .. that would be a good rotation for going out west. Both on fridays no less.

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Yes - or........play Ohio State as the second game of the three home games NEXT week......wouldn't the compression be more logical when no travel involved?

But, wait a minute, what am I thinking - looking for logic.......we know what drives thi$$$$.......and that's part of the price all these schools pay in exchange for what has become a multi-billion dollar business enterprise.

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DwaynePurvis00 said:

Only 1.7 more per game on avg so far. But hope he gets his legs ready for Michigan. (I expect he will)

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That's a bit of a flawed way to look at it. Yes, he averaged 34 minutes last year and is averaging 35.8 minutes this year. But prior to the foul trouble last night, he had averaged 38 minutes over his previous 10 games with 6 of those 10 being 39 minutes or more. That's a lot to ask a 21 year old, especially when you throw in the trips to both coasts in the last couple of weeks.

This offseason Purdue needs to bring in 1-2 portal kids, guessing a player or probably 2-3 leave out, even if they don’t Coach needs a big and maybe a back up PG for depth. This season has sort of been the Big 3 and occasionally a player or two stepping up, need more than that. Colvin and Heide have been disappointing so far this season.

Believe Ryan Kerrigan is on Washington staff too.

BB62 said:

"Preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the United States of America."

Unless it's something to do with immigration of course.

Protecting The Meaning And Value Of American Citizenship – The White House

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.

www.whitehouse.gov

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haha bob our Constitutional expert! Pure comedy.

DwaynePurvis00 said:

Only 1.7 more per game on avg so far. But hope he gets his legs ready for Michigan. (I expect he will)

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That goes for the whole team. Braden could have bailed this team out against OSU had he been able to hit some shots but giving up 45 points in the second half wasn't on him (any more than it was on any other Purdue player).

northside100 said:

Someone else mentioned how many minutes Braden has played this year and expressed concern. I mentioned that Matt doesn't see it as an issue, but Braden looked like it caught up with him last night. Maybe that was just an off game for Braden that didn't relate to fatigue from playing a ton of minutes and coming off of the West Coast road trip, but I'd be surprised if that were the case.

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Only 1.7 more per game on avg so far. But hope he gets his legs ready for Michigan. (I expect he will)